New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-08
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Next to a garlic-and pepper gum drop zine Boston
Transcript thinks that there Is nothing 20 delicious
| in the world basswood CARAMEL Can this oe
IN evolution OF the high thinking and low eating
supposed to Characteristic of the average boston
persons
An Ashevlle NJ C.. correspondent OF zine Nash-
villa American seems to have very poor opinion VI
ono Southern literary men, Among those whom
| bo lasbes are Cable Of course "Mark Twain" henry
Grady and Maurice Thompson. Their chief OFFENCE
seems to be that thcy write dsparagng things alouI
the South In order to get place IN Northern HASA
zines for their articles The Southern Literary ic.i
has a pretty hard time Of il. and we do not wohacr
that he generally comes North "ho'o '' PP 49,
not so thin skinned.
The deacon's wife wanted to jot down the text
and haning over to her scapegrlce nephew, enc
whispercsi "IIave YOU any cards about you + you
can play in church, the solemn, fepro.ihs
answer ard the good woman so illustrated that
she forgot her. text-tCattaaugis Republican
Tho upstart nobility Of Russia Is not hold in high
esteem by the old families with ancestors IL Is saiu
OF SuwaroH the great campagner that he once " oooh
down one of these mushroom counts in way that
has become n tradition ct St Petersburg. The General
had returned from "A victorious campaign ana receiver
the congratulations Of the Gar through Count hut'
soa who had been the body -servant OF the "rlhd
Duke Paul and at the crOwning OF his master mao peeh
made Count suwarof received his VISITOR nospt-
ably and pleaded the falling memory Of On od man
a. his excuse for not recalling his family name Il
suppose tho KutassolTs fought against tho enemies
of Russia and so carmel their title" he said In an
apoioeetlc way Tho Count owned that he had never
been soldier
"rhcn. doubtless you have filed some important
foreign mission -
"Sevcr, your Highness'
"or been in the Councill'
"NOr that either"
@Thcn permit me TO ask, Count. what distinguished
office you have flcdl'
al had tho honor to be the body servant Of His
Majesty" was the embarrassed reply
aOhl ali. my very honorable Count, very" and the
old General rang for his servant. "Troschkayou hog
he said when he appeared, show often have told
YOU TO stop your drinking and stealing, and TO no
purpose Now Just look at this gentleman.
Ho was mental like you. but no didn't
drink nor steal and now he /. master OF the Cars
stables and Count into the bargain. See now what
chance fools Like you have got, if yoa half try
colored preacher talking Of prayer, and sail:
"Now bredren. when you pnys. dJnt pray so much
in snera way; pray moro pcrticer. And when
/ says mOn pcrticler' do you know what means
IL me tell yer. II .prays de Lord to glib me
n turkey dat amt nothn--I amt agOin TO git dat
turkey But when prays dc Lord to glib me one
Q, Mas,a Johns tur,cys, ! knows Use swine TO git
A correspondence OF Tho Boston Globe" signing her
self "Matcrna Ancestor addresses to that newspaper
this query: "What shall DO with little boy OF
nine who seems to have n mania for inventing and
telling whoppcrsl ~ Why does not maternal Ancestor"
HE to the nearest lumber yarl and purchase bunch
Of good sound shingles
The Female Cashiers Advantage. Omaha Dame
There now. "The MOmans Journal says women
are moro reliable IN positions Of trust than
Iiusbani-iiow do they make that out
"trom statistics. It il known that where 100
men abscond not nom than ono woman can no found
VINO Is In the least dishonest. Now explain that
Lwel, the women have no extravagant wives
Omaha World.